Gretchen Evans

Asheville, NC United States

Lead, Outreach Coordinatior

Government / Military

A resident of Asheville, North Carolina, Gretchen Evans has a background as a Command Sergeant Major, serving in the United States Army for nearly three decades. Completing nine overseas deployments, Gretchen Evans earned a Bronze Star for her bravery in the face of enemy attack in Afghanistan. In her autobiography, Leading from the Front, Evans describes a situation in which she and her unit were involved in a dangerous assignment in a remote area, with the mission of attacking a group that had been terrorizing local people.